Sports and concert event ticket pricing and visualization system

A method for determining a number of open seats to be allocated for sale for a given price at an event during an initial sales period using a computer aided process, the computer aided process comprising;

• placing an initial set of a plurality of open seats for sale at a first price;
• storing information associated with the initial set of the plurality of open seats in a computer readable memory coupled to the computing device;
• reserving at least one seat within a vicinity to each open seat from the initial set of the plurality of seats so each seat within the vicinity to each open seat from the initial set of the plurality of seats is in a hold status, the hold status is not available for sale;
• identifying a first number of open seats from the initial set of the plurality of seats that have been sold or are being considered for purchase;
• calculating, under control by a processor, a second number of the open seats to sell at a determined point in time based on a time dependence of the first number of open seats sold and/or being considered for purchase;
• determining, under control by a processor, if the initial set of open seats placed for sale at the first price is smaller than the second number that is calculated to sell, and
• if the second number of seats projected to sell is greater than the initial number placed for sale, releasing a number of the seats within the vicinity of each open seat for sale at the first price;
• and
• outputting the number of seats that have been released.